How Israeli forces trapped and killed ravers at the #Nova Festival

Israeli officials allege that #Hamas carried out a pre-mediated and carefully executed massacre of 364 Israeli civilians at the Nova music festival near #Gaza on 7 October as part of the Palestinian resistance's Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. They claim that Hamas and other Palestinians had hours to murder Israeli partygoers before the army reached the scene.

However, new details have emerged showing that Israel's Border Police was deployed at the Nova site before Hamas stumbled on the festival, causing the eruption of a major battle.

While some ravers were indeed killed by the Palestinian resistance - whether by intent or in the chaos of battle - the evidence now suggests that the majority of civilian deaths were likely inflicted by Israeli forces themselves.

This was due to the overwhelming firepower employed by occupation forces - including from Apache attack helicopters - and because Tel Aviv issued the controversial #Hannibal Directive to prevent Hamas from taking Israeli party-goers as captives.

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https://thecradle.co/articles-id/18526

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